http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Goldman Sachs Group Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132813 A New York state appellate court has reinstated Amaranth LLC's tortious interference claims but killed a breach-of-contract claim against JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a suit claiming the bank derailed the hedge fund's major business deals, leading to its 2006 collapse. http://www.law360.com/articles/132813 http://www.law360.com/articles/132731 Realtime Data LLC has won court approval for a settlement and licensing deal with F5 Networks Inc. and one of its customers, putting to rest allegations that the companies infringed seven patents covering compression-based data acceleration technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/132731 http://www.law360.com/articles/132593 Investment firm TPG Capital LP and Canada-based pension manager CPP Investment Board will acquire IMS Health Inc., a provider of market intelligence to the health care and pharmaceutical industries, in a leveraged buyout deal valued at $5.2 billion. http://www.law360.com/articles/132593 http://www.law360.com/articles/132498 Following a failed attempt more than a year ago, JDA Software Group Inc. signed a deal to acquire i2 Technologies Inc. for $434 million on Thursday, a deal the companies say will create a global leader in supply chain management software. http://www.law360.com/articles/132498 http://www.law360.com/articles/132493 Canadian agricultural giant Agrium Inc. has thrown all its cards on the table, boosting its hostile takeover bid for CF Industries Holdings Inc. to $4.52 billion in a last-ditch effort to snag the U.S. rival. http://www.law360.com/articles/132493 http://www.law360.com/articles/132290 After negotiating with regulators in four countries, Panasonic Corp. on Wednesday announced its plans to make a tender offer valued at a minimum of $4.5 billion to acquire all shares of its rival Sanyo Electric Co. http://www.law360.com/articles/132290 http://www.law360.com/articles/132426 U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., has asked the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission for input on amendments to beef up the committee's recently approved legislation to regulate derivatives. http://www.law360.com/articles/132426 http://www.law360.com/articles/132326 Wachovia Corp. and the underwriters and auditor of 30 of the company's public offerings have denounced a consolidated class action alleging they downplayed Wachovia’s parlous subprime exposure when selling some $35 billion bond class securities. http://www.law360.com/articles/132326 http://www.law360.com/articles/132156 A federal jury has ruled that Former New York Stock Exchange President Gerald Putnam and two others defrauded a former business partner out of millions of dollars related to the development of electronic stock exchange Archipelago Holdings LLC. http://www.law360.com/articles/132156 http://www.law360.com/articles/131868 Cooley Godward Kronish LLP has snagged Babak Yaghmaie — former head of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's venture capital practice — for its business and technology group. http://www.law360.com/articles/131868 http://www.law360.com/articles/132058 Dutch financial giant ING Group NV announced Tuesday it will sell three of its U.S. independent retail broker-dealer units to private equity firm Lightyear Capital LLC, just a week after revealing plans to split its banking and insurance divisions and divest all its insurance operations by 2013. http://www.law360.com/articles/132058 http://www.law360.com/articles/131992 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. announced Tuesday it will pay $34 billion in cash and stock to become the sole owner of railway operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the biggest acquisition in the conglomerate's history. http://www.law360.com/articles/131992 http://www.law360.com/articles/131712 CIT Group Inc. has slid into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, an action that will likely cost U.S. taxpayers $2.3 billion and raises questions about the lender’s ability to continue to service a broad swath of the small business and middle-market sectors. http://www.law360.com/articles/131712 http://www.law360.com/articles/131523 China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. has announced it will hold an initial public offering on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, which will reportedly also see an IPO for gaming company Las Vegas Sands Corp. http://www.law360.com/articles/131523 http://www.law360.com/articles/131349 Delphi Corp. has settled a dispute with Appaloosa Management LP over the hedge fund's decision to pull out of a $2.55 billion financing deal that derailed the auto parts supplier's emergence from bankruptcy in 2008. http://www.law360.com/articles/131349 http://www.law360.com/articles/130938 Shareholders who accused Washington Mutual Inc. of a massive home lending fraud have weathered an effort to get their case thrown out. http://www.law360.com/articles/130938 http://www.law360.com/articles/130881 Cereal giant Kellogg Co. is planning a cash tender offer to purchase up to $500 million of its senior notes due in 2011. http://www.law360.com/articles/130881 http://www.law360.com/articles/130318 Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, underwriters for the bank’s share offerings and individual defendants have lambasted a consolidated shareholder complaint they say opportunistically alleges fraud in the aftermath of the financial crisis. http://www.law360.com/articles/130318 http://www.law360.com/articles/130544 Having reached key settlements with creditors, SemGroup LP has won confirmation of its plan of reorganization following about 15 months in Chapter 11. http://www.law360.com/articles/130544 http://www.law360.com/articles/130235 ING Group NV will split its banking and insurance divisions and divest all its insurance operations by 2013, the company said Monday. http://www.law360.com/articles/130235